2010 Event An important peer-reviewed study of the spatial memory of bumblebees published the Biology Letters journal of the Royal Society is written by two eight year-olds 1988 Death Luis Barragan, born in Mexico City, Mexico, architect, modernist, minimalist, important 20th century architect, significant landscape designer, self-taught, influenced by writings of Ferdinand Bac, dies 1980 Death Amos Milburn, rocker, blues singer, pianist, played rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, important figure in the history of blues musicianship, dies at 52 1941 Birthday Imants Kalnins, born in Riga, Latvia, composer, wrote six symphonies, first composer of intellectual rock music, Latvia's most important composer 1930 Birthday Velio Tormis, born in Estonia, composed music based on traditional ancient Estonian folksongs, most important composer in 20th century Estonia 1927 Birthday Amos Milburn, born in Houston, Texas, rocker, blues singer, pianist, played rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, important figure in the history of blues musicianship 1913 Birthday Jimmy Carroll, New York City, pianist, Most Important People 1902 Birthday Luis Barragan, born in Mexico City, Mexico, architect, modernist, minimalist, important 20th century architect, significant landscape designer, self-taught, influenced by writings of Ferdinand Bac 1902 Death Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays', dies 1887 Death Multatuli, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature, dies in Ingelheim am Rhine, Germany 1852 Birthday Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays' 1820 Birthday Multatuli, born in Amsterdam, Eduard Douwes Dekker, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature 1784 Death Phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston
